No Good vs Not Good

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nogoodvsnotgood

Thephrases"notgood"and"nogood"mayseemsimilar,butthereisa subtledifferenceinmeaningbetweenthem.

"Notgood"istypicallyusedtoexpressanegativeevaluationof something'squalityorperformance.Itindicatesthatsomethingis unsatisfactoryorbelowaverage.Forexample,"Thefoodatthe restaurantwasnotgood"meansthatthefoodwasofpoorqualityor didn'ttastegood.

"Nogood",ontheotherhand,istypicallyusedtoindicatethat somethingiscompletelyuselessorofnovalue.Itsuggeststhat somethingisnotadequateforthepurposeitwasintendedfor.For example,"Thisoldcomputerisnogoodforrunningmodernsoftware" meansthatthecomputerisnotcapableofrunningmodernsoftware.

Insummary,"notgood"suggeststhatsomethingfallsshortofacertain standardorexpectation,while"nogood"suggeststhatsomethingis completelyinadequateoruselessforaparticularpurpose.

nogood(noun):useless/bad (notadequatefortheintendedpurpose)

notgood(adjective):lowquality (fallsshortofacertainstandardorexpectation)

edition. 
excellent.
Thismobileisnogood.Itdoesn’tworkatall.
Thismobileisnotgood,butitdoesthejob.
Shoesarenogoodiftheyletinwater
ThiscoffeeisnotgoodItlacksflavour
Thisbookisnogoodtome:Ineedthenew
Thefoodisnotgood,buttheserviceis

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